check off

British  

verb

1. to mark with a tick

2. to deduct (union contributions) directly from an employee's pay

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noun

1. a procedure whereby an employer deducts union contributions directly from an employee's pay and pays the money to the union

check off Idioms  

1. Mark as entered, or examined and passed, as in He checked off their names as they arrived. [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The 36-year-old from Orlando, Fla., arrived in late February for a weeklong trip with friends, checking off a laundry list of theme parks.

From The Wall Street Journal

As each long featureless day crawled to a close, I checked off another square.

From Literature

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times

But Mikula checked off the final square he needed to hit triple bingo.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rich Redfellows get dispatched one by one in scenes that are fun but empty — neither cathartic nor comic, simply boxes to be checked off to great big poundings of thunder and harpsichords.

From Los Angeles Times